Playing To The Gallery

Art peeks from every corner in this Chittorgarh hotel

- Riddhi Doshi

I see a rainbow sprawled across the canvas of the clear blue sky through my car’s windscreen. Stretched out in all its glory, it perks me up instantaneously. I am on my way to jüSTa Lake Nahargarh Palace, in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district, and the seven coloured band seems like a good start to the journey.

As I enter the narrow bypass on the Chittorgarh highway, my surroundings turn increasingly tranquil. I feel like I am leaving the world behind, one kilometre at a time. The raspy grind of speeding cars faints, making room for the shrill calls of birds. Gliding with practised routine, they put up a stupendous aerial show. Little children, eating corn straight from the fields, wave at me gleefully, trying to race with my car as I inch closer to my destination.